What If Greece Realized the Megali Idea?

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  • čas přidán 23. 01. 2024
  • The Megali Idea was a political concept of the unification of all Greeks living in the Balkan Peninsula, the Aegean Islands, Cyprus, and the coast of Asia Minor.
    Constantinople was to become the capital, as a symbol of continuity with the Byzantine Empire, which had not existed for several centuries. The most prominent supporter of this idea was Eleftherios Venizelos.
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Komentáře • 305

  • @indomitablesloth2437
    @indomitablesloth2437 Před 4 měsíci +346

    I love how the most unrealistic part of the scenario is Greece's economy being good

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci +40

      Yeah I know, I should do better next time! :D

    • @funbegames6410
      @funbegames6410 Před 4 měsíci +14

      @@rewriting-history Josh didn't like this scenario :/ it was too "unrealistic" and would never happen in real life

    • @RoseGod0682
      @RoseGod0682 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Wait till Josh make another video and it tanks his views even more

    • @leMiG31
      @leMiG31 Před 4 měsíci +2

      it WOULD be better
      but yh not good either

    • @micahistory
      @micahistory Před 4 měsíci

      hahahaha facts

  • @romle4816
    @romle4816 Před 4 měsíci +114

    I love how you can make a scenario like ,, A country gets more land" and transform it into a world wide crisis

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci +20

      This is how it should be done, even if it is slightly unrealistic. The reason for that is that if Greece simply expanded, they would still be invaded in WW2 and nothing would change in world history, making the video really boring

    • @mynameisdominichughes3142
      @mynameisdominichughes3142 Před 4 měsíci

      Greece would probably be split between the commuist, royalist, and settlers. I think you should've made it like that, only when the soviet collapse does Greece unite or maybe it unites under the commuist? ​@rewriting-history

  • @PrussiaAustriaConfederal
    @PrussiaAustriaConfederal Před 4 měsíci +104

    Amazing video! Greece being big is a wonderful idea! 🇬🇷🇹🇷

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci +16

      Thank you! 😃 I have another video cooking regarding Russia restoring Byzantium in 1790, so Greece is even bigger! It should be out in a couple days, no more than a week!

    • @solo_leo4454
      @solo_leo4454 Před 4 měsíci

      @@rewriting-historyYES! You’re doing Catherine the greats plan?

    • @PrussiaAustriaConfederal
      @PrussiaAustriaConfederal Před 4 měsíci

      @@rewriting-history Let’s go!

    • @Arthur_Proportions
      @Arthur_Proportions Před 4 měsíci

      bulgaria being bigger better bro

    • @PrussiaAustriaConfederal
      @PrussiaAustriaConfederal Před 4 měsíci

      @@Arthur_Proportions Thrace is Bulgaria?

  • @georgios_5342
    @georgios_5342 Před 4 měsíci +136

    Greece also claimed Pontus as part of the Megali Idea. In the Eastern Black Sea coast, there were large mountainous areas still inhabited by Orthodox Greeks. The people were mostly eradicated or expelled to the USSR, together with the Armenians, as part of the Armenian genocide

    • @onatdeveci5502
      @onatdeveci5502 Před 4 měsíci +6

      This is false. Pontus Greeks were deported to Greece in 1924-26, not the USSR.

    • @georgios_5342
      @georgios_5342 Před 4 měsíci +21

      @@onatdeveci5502 no. Out of a million Pontic Greeks in Turkey, 350.000 were murdered in the genocide, and the remainder were split. Yes some of them escaped to Greece. However many others escaped to Cyprus, Syria, Egypt, Germany, America and yes, the Soviet Union. Especially there, they joined their ethnic brethren, another 500.000 Pontic Greeks that had lived in the Russian Empire. The Greek population there quickly rose to a million, and despite NKVD purges, had grown to 1.8 million after WW2. Even today there are hundreds of thousands of Greeks in former Soviet states, especially Russia and Ukraine, but also smaller communities in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan (Karaganda) and Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Samarkand). There used to be many more Greeks in the Caucasus but Azerbaijan and Armenia kicked them out by effectively selling their houses and properties to rich oligarchs. Many of those people have relocated to Greece after 1991, around 350.000.

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci +7

      I know, but I don't see a way how the Greeks could have achieved 100% of it, so I came up with this as something partially realistic

    • @georgios_5342
      @georgios_5342 Před 4 měsíci +8

      @@rewriting-history if the Greek battalion that fought in Southern Ukraine against the Reds had instead landed in Trebizond to assist the Pontic guerilla fighters and the Armenians, it could have caused a large enough distraction to make Greece itself stronger at the negotiating table

    • @onatdeveci5502
      @onatdeveci5502 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@georgios_5342≈120k Greeks (most likely Pontic Greeks) fled to Russia/Soviet Union in the period 1914-1926. ≈1.2M Greeks were deported to Greece from Anatolia and Eastern Thrace. ≈200k Greeks, living in İstanbul, stayed in Turkey.
      Current number adds up to ≈1.5M Greeks.
      According to Ottoman census of 1914, the Greek population is ≈1.5M. According to the Ottoman censuses (without accounting for newborns) at least 40k people are missing, which we can assume dead to various reasons. However there may be problems with using only Ottoman sources.
      According to French sources don't he Ottoman population in 1914, the Greek population of the Empire was 1.8-1.9M; meaning there is a gap of ≈350k Greeks missing (not accounting for newborns).
      If we assume the French census to be correct and the 350k gap between the census and the Greeks we know the fate of being caused by the massacres committed against them between 1914-1923, this means that there is 350k Greeks unaccounted for in the Ottoman Census "somewhere".
      Let's assume that ALL the Greeks missing in the Ottoman census be from Trabzon, this would mean that the population of the Pontic Greeks would equal to ≈500k.
      With all these in mind, please don't mind me asking; what source are you using to derive the Population of a million Pontic Greeks in Turkey?

  • @GigaRoman
    @GigaRoman Před 5 měsíci +194

    I swear it's gonna be SO easy finding a Turkish comment that says "They wanna dream 😂" 🙄

    • @somedesertdude1308
      @somedesertdude1308 Před 4 měsíci +49

      "bro us turks we're nice to them they started genociding us we had to other option"

    • @Franckia
      @Franckia Před 4 měsíci +8

      ​@@somedesertdude1308WDYM

    • @randomguy6152
      @randomguy6152 Před 4 měsíci +34

      ​​@@Franckiahe's satire quoting what they sound like when they try to lie about war crimes, for some reason countries think it's more "modern" to lie about their past like Japan acting like they didn't massacre so many Chinese some European country's populations would have had been fully killed off if Japan did that too them
      edit: spelling

    • @anilprobably
      @anilprobably Před 4 měsíci +10

      They wanna dream 😂

    • @GigaRoman
      @GigaRoman Před 4 měsíci +13

      @@anilprobably are you Turkish?

  • @LesRealLlama
    @LesRealLlama Před 4 měsíci +43

    Never thought a Greek alt history would be one of my favourites, I got little knowledge/haven’t look much into Greek history (I mean since 1821 independence not the byzantines), so looking at a part of Europe i know little about during the interwar period was extremely enjoyable 10/10 video ❤️🔥 can’t wait for more!😊

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci +4

      Glad you liked this one! You will love my next video, which is about greece forming byzantium in 1790, with Russian help!

  • @nikolamladenovic8828
    @nikolamladenovic8828 Před 4 měsíci +21

    I'd love to see a modern Hellas with these borders, making the Aegean sea a 'mare nostrum' of sorts.

  • @georgios_5342
    @georgios_5342 Před 5 měsíci +36

    Another great scenario I've seen is the Guns of Lausanne. In this, Turkey defeats the Greek army in Anatolia, as in the real world, but then negotiations between them and the British break down, and the revolutionary Greek government takes back all the land in European Turkey (and Imbros and Tenedos). Since Turkey had no navy, they couldn't realistically fight back for this without British support. So a stalemate is reached, and the new Treaty of Lausanne awards all the Asian lands to Turkey, and all the European lands to Greece. So slightly more favorable terms than the Lausanne of the real world

    • @xristospoulis933
      @xristospoulis933 Před 4 měsíci

      Αυτο πηγαμε να κανουμε και οι Αγγλοι μας ειπανε αμα κανετε την παραμικρη κινηση σασ γαμησαμε

    • @LoanSharkTheFirst
      @LoanSharkTheFirst Před 4 měsíci +1

      Interesting...

    • @alexzero3736
      @alexzero3736 Před 4 měsíci +5

      Better world

    • @thebalkanhistorian.3205
      @thebalkanhistorian.3205 Před 4 měsíci

      Unlikely, the British would have given in to the Turkish demands, Lloyd George and Churchill had no support from the conservatives although the evros army was prepared for war with kemal

    • @georgios_5342
      @georgios_5342 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@thebalkanhistorian.3205 Um, yeah, you basically just reiterated what happened in the real timeline. Everything that didn't happen is technically "unlikely" that doesn't mean it's not an interesting scenario to visit

  • @PakBallandSami
    @PakBallandSami Před 4 měsíci +34

    Yiorgos Theotokas, a Greek novelist, explained the psychological effects of the 1922 defeat as follows:
    "For a brief period, they believed that the long-buried hopes of their ancestors were going to come true as the Treaty of Serves continued its happy but uncertain course. However, the awful summer of 1922 arrived far too quickly. Watching, tense with anxiety, the daily unfolding of the national tragedy and the last-ditch efforts of the Royalist Governments of Greece to salvage the situation, they did so from the hermitage of Arsenios.

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci +3

      Thank you for sharing, had I known this earlier, I could have included it in the video too!

    • @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt
      @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt Před 3 měsíci +1

      From the hermitage of Arsenios?

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Před 5 měsíci +25

    One of my favorite scenarios! You're the Best man! Huge fan! Always enjoy your work🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 5 měsíci +3

      Hope you will enjoy it! It's among my best ones I think!

    • @danielsantiagourtado3430
      @danielsantiagourtado3430 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@rewriting-history i'm sure it Will be

    • @Russian.soldier.t
      @Russian.soldier.t Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@rewriting-history do u have discord ?

    • @tarikbogucanin4359
      @tarikbogucanin4359 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@rewriting-historyhave you considered an idea where you make a video (example:what if the polish occupation of Moscow led to a civil war) and possible history (or someone else) makes a continuation (like what if Russia joined the axis.

    • @LietunantGreek
      @LietunantGreek Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@Russian.soldier.t it has a discord server in the description

  • @christopherevans2445
    @christopherevans2445 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Been waiting for this one

  • @greeneanimations3660
    @greeneanimations3660 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I really enjoyed this video. You made a simple “what if [insert country] got more land” scenario into a very interesting scenario. Great job buddy!

  • @adelite
    @adelite Před 4 měsíci +13

    While your video is informative, there are a few historical nuances that require clarification. Firstly, the depiction of Greeks having control over Istanbul in the map is inaccurate. The city was partitioned by Allied powers, with the British taking Pera and Galata, the French securing Fatih (Byzantium), and the Italians gaining control over Kadıköy and Üsküdar, all under the label of "international control." This division also extended to areas like the Dardanelles, parts of Tekirdağ, Bursa, etc.
    Secondly, the characterization of the Greek army as weak and the Turkish army as strong requires reconsideration. Despite Soviet assistance, the Greek army advanced significantly, reaching as close as Polatlı. The turning point was the Battle of Dumlupınar, where confusing terrain and strategic tactics led to the swift passage of Greek defense lines, encircling half of their forces. This marked the downfall of Greek aspirations in defending Ionia.
    Thirdly, the lack of details regarding the perpetrator of the burning of Smyrna deserves attention. The conflicting narratives surrounding this event make it unclear who was responsible. Questions arise, such as why would the Turks burn a city they had just captured, or why would Greeks harm their own community? The absence of concrete evidence makes it challenging to attribute the incident to a specific group, raising questions about the motives behind such actions.
    (Text was simplified with ChatGPT)

    • @llstuff
      @llstuff Před 4 měsíci

      Turk’

    • @Da__goat
      @Da__goat Před 3 měsíci

      It’s pretty easy to address the third section, large swaths of Smyrna were both Armenian and Greek, not Turkish, and were actively aiding the Greek army, so, much like what they did in the East with the Greeks of Pontus and the Armenians, they burned them alive to not have to deal with them anymore as they viewed them as traitors to the Turkish state. Without the support of the Soviets, Turkey falls, as the Greek army was better armed and equipped.

  • @anilprobably
    @anilprobably Před 4 měsíci +14

    There was a proposal from Britain to exile napoleon into India except for the island of Elba, what if napoleon was exiled to india and the local people started seeing him as their new emperor so he eventually somehow made an empire itself either in all of india subcontinent or the south part of it, this scenario would be unrealistic but i think it would still be fun

  • @w_d_shadowofficial
    @w_d_shadowofficial Před 4 měsíci +21

    The logistical problems in the Anatolian campaign because of the Royalist victory. The UK, France and Italy supported Venizelos and King Alexander, when Alexander died and Constantine came to power, the Italy withdrew their support and the UK and France said that as long as Venizelos is the prime minister, they'll continue supporting Greece.
    Venizelos was forced to hold elections, that made Venizelos lose in the 1920 elections, that caused the rest of the Greek Allies withdraw support and either side with Turkey or stay neutral.

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci +11

      And King Alexander died because he was bit by a monkey, right. Had he not gotten bit by a monkey, Greece could have been victorious. This is a topic for another video I'm cooking!

    • @w_d_shadowofficial
      @w_d_shadowofficial Před 4 měsíci

      @@rewriting-history He was taking his dog for a walk in the Tatoi garden, the garden had a lot of exotic animals, he lost the grip on the leash and his dog ran towards a female monkey, when Alex went to stop the fight, the male monkey that was infected with rabies saw that Alex touched his wife(the female monkey) and bite him on the arm and thigh, the Guards went to check, Alex stood up, said he was fine, and ignored Venizelos' advice to go to the doctor, not even a week later he died a painful death with Venizelos being by his side almost all day and everyday.

    • @pietervanderzwaan4295
      @pietervanderzwaan4295 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@rewriting-historyso, what if king alexander was never bitten by a monkey?
      could be a nice what if.

    • @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt
      @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt Před 3 měsíci

      Italy, after 1913, became a dedicated enemy of Greece.

  • @georgios_5342
    @georgios_5342 Před 4 měsíci +23

    I think an interesting tangent would be if Greece managed to get some more lands in Anatolia, thus making Turkey join the Axis in the second World War. Russia would struggle more, as Turkey would capture the Caucasus with the help of Azerbaijani rebels, and Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad would all fall, making the USSR crumble by late 1943-early 1944. Seeing this, America would speed up the development of the Nuke, and use it on Nazi Germany, on Nuremberg and the Rhur. Hitler would be shot and then Nazi Germany would be consumed by civil war. This would make for an interesting post war scenario, as America is already the only superpower, and the borders of Europe are once again redrawn

    • @mateoa7675
      @mateoa7675 Před 4 měsíci +7

      Turkey on the axis would not cause Russia to lose lmao

    • @Lux961
      @Lux961 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@mateoa7675 turks are incompetant becuase lets just say they're "special"

    • @yazovgaming
      @yazovgaming Před 4 měsíci +2

      Soviets wouldn't lose lol

    • @sergiod2442
      @sergiod2442 Před měsícem

      In the scenario of Greece having a foothold in anatolia , Turkey would have surely joined the axis, also depending on the population exchange situation.
      However, it was an impossible feat to attack through the caucasus at that time, plus the fact that greater greece = greater Armenia

  • @HistoryNerd-mo6sp
    @HistoryNerd-mo6sp Před 5 měsíci +3

    Interesting scenario it looks to be again, can’t wait for it to be released.

  • @janineguthardt6509
    @janineguthardt6509 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Can't wait to see it. Btw how about a series in which empires create unions. For example an Anglo-spanish union?

  • @jayfreechavez0000
    @jayfreechavez0000 Před 5 měsíci +1

    This video is one of my favourite so far ❤

  • @solelak
    @solelak Před 4 měsíci +2

    As a fan of your channel, this is another amazing video! As an ottoman empire fan, AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGHHHHH

  • @LoreDad
    @LoreDad Před 4 měsíci +3

    I like this a lot! I found the Ottoman Empire remaining a little implausible, but it did make sense in order to have this scenario make sense.

  • @The-tank-engine
    @The-tank-engine Před 5 měsíci +4

    This finna be class
    Probably can’t make it to premier tho 😢
    Suggestion:
    What if the hashemites unified Arabia in 1919 , would they declare caliphate? What would happen to Jews and Turks , how global politics would be changed due to most likely no 9/11 attacks , or a limited war on terror , would the Persian Qajar regime fall due to probable Arab intervention?
    I just find that topic really fascinating and interesting

  • @user-mt6qi4gp2b
    @user-mt6qi4gp2b Před 4 měsíci

    I love your videos brooo🤩! Keep working!

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci

      Glad you like them! I have 3 videos ready to be uploaded, so expect some bangers very soon!

    • @user-mt6qi4gp2b
      @user-mt6qi4gp2b Před 4 měsíci

      I have a question- from which city are you from in bulgaria?

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci

      @@user-mt6qi4gp2b Born in Varna.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Love your content 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 5 měsíci +2

      Appreciate it very much, again and again! You're single handedly boosting the CZcams algorithm by 10% on all my videos I bet! :D

  • @Veteran_of_history
    @Veteran_of_history Před měsícem +2

    Very good video!

  • @aarondavis8865
    @aarondavis8865 Před 4 měsíci

    ive got a feeling in this timeline assuming that war with the soviet union happens that 1) germany wouldnt commit its army to the entente for already mentioned reasons in the video but to stay friendly they would permit them to move across german territory making it easier for france to move its armies to poland maybe getting involved at the end of the war to get some extra territory in europe depending on which side is winning if it the entente that wins then they may secure some land from poland and the sudetenland (more likely) if its the soviets then way more land in poland restoring the old border along with the sudetenland along with the rest of czechia and luxembourg overall a more tempting offer

  • @angelb.823
    @angelb.823 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Another unrealistic aspect was the fact that the Sykes-Picot agreement, in which the Middle-East was carved into British mandates [including Iraq and Palestine]), was signed during WWI. The Ottomans had no say against the British interests in those regions. In the end, only the British got what they wanted, with France and Italy gaining less land in the Middle-East and Asia Minor.
    Some say that Venizelos' defeat and the return of the Germanophile Greek royalists led to Greece's isolation, as France and Italy abandoned them. In reality, there were already made secret agreements between France-Italy with the Kemalists before Venizelos' defeat, seeing Greece as a British client. Venizelos' defeat and the return of King Constantine was the "alleged" excuse to drop support to the Greek cause.

  • @RustyPotato32
    @RustyPotato32 Před 5 měsíci +22

    suggestion: what if the Turkish war of independence went even better for Turkey where they possibly took more of Syria and Greek Thrace and some Agean islands and how they would've affected Turkey and Greece in ww2

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 5 měsíci +7

      I had an idea of this, but I don't see how it would make for an interesting video, as nothing too drastic would happen

    • @yazovgaming
      @yazovgaming Před 5 měsíci

      @@rewriting-history How about an Ideal Extremist Far Right Greece that would seek Revanchism for what it had lost in the war and Potentially join The Axis?

    • @coinyfrombfdireal
      @coinyfrombfdireal Před 5 měsíci

      have you made a video about if germany sided with russia at the collapse of the league of three emporors yet? ​@@rewriting-history

    • @georgios_5342
      @georgios_5342 Před 5 měsíci +10

      Sorry to break it but that was literally impossible. Turkey defeated Greece in Anatolia, but had no navy or any means to invade mainland Europe or the islands. What they got outside of Asia, they got it through skilled diplomacy and negotiations with the British.

    • @coinyfrombfdireal
      @coinyfrombfdireal Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@georgios_5342 what if turkey had an immortal army of zombie skeletons

  • @Yourlocalcringeman
    @Yourlocalcringeman Před 4 měsíci +1

    Great video

  • @Russian.soldier.t
    @Russian.soldier.t Před 5 měsíci +2

    As a greek i can't wait btw i have a suggestion for future video

  • @RBHistory-sw3ci
    @RBHistory-sw3ci Před 4 měsíci

    Dude we actually just had this idea for a video on the AHG. I guess great minds really do think alike huh!

  • @bulgar_balkan
    @bulgar_balkan Před 4 měsíci +2

    0:45 Major W for calling Boiko out for corumption

  • @georgios_5342
    @georgios_5342 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Super based? 😂
    Love from Greece 🇬🇷

  • @ist_franz
    @ist_franz Před 4 měsíci +5

    Another masterpiece.

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Glad you liked it! Soon I will upload many more banger content!

  • @tonegrail650
    @tonegrail650 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Anatolia also belongs to Greece. The turks belong east of the Caspian Sea.

    • @Veteren_lul
      @Veteren_lul Před měsícem

      Anatolia did not belong to the Greeks, they spread from Crete.

  • @nomen1991.
    @nomen1991. Před 5 měsíci +7

    Nacionaliste turks in the two before videos: 😢

    • @Veteren_lul
      @Veteren_lul Před měsícem

      When the Greeks learned that their country's population was less than Istanbul: 😭

  • @socialistrepublicofvietnam1500
    @socialistrepublicofvietnam1500 Před 4 měsíci +6

    If you are gonna piss off the Turks, do it more
    What if Armenia realized United Armenia after WW1? (and didnt get obliterated by the Soviets and Kemalists)

  • @randommonkey4900
    @randommonkey4900 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Do a video about what if an Assyrian state and greater Armenia was established

  • @GigaRoman
    @GigaRoman Před 5 měsíci +5

    What if the Neapolitan Republic of 1648 survived?

  • @LoanSharkTheFirst
    @LoanSharkTheFirst Před 4 měsíci +1

    Cool video

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci

      Appreciate it! In a following video, I will again explore Greece expanding, but this time, under the Byzantines!

  • @zwerg8474
    @zwerg8474 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Now, Greece being big is already cool! But all of the "side effects" ... No fascism, lots of democratic socialism, an ottoman empire surviving another day, and no Holocaust ... That's just all really epic :D

  • @stargazer-elite
    @stargazer-elite Před 4 měsíci +4

    The revival of the Byzantine Empire which would lead to the revival of Rome very nice
    I do find it interesting how you expanded on how this idea effects the world

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory Před 4 měsíci +1

    I like the beginning though I think that it got quite unrealistic by the end

  • @rienly4551
    @rienly4551 Před 4 měsíci +1

    You should make a video about turkey annexing thessaloniki and cyprus

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci +1

      I could, but nothing would change in history, which means a boring video

    • @user-idgaf123
      @user-idgaf123 Před 2 měsíci +1

      You should make a video where turks admit their genoices, but maybe that's too unrealistic@@rewriting-history

  • @twrampage
    @twrampage Před 2 měsíci

    I didn't realize that Charlie Chaplin was Austrian.
    Makes for a really obvious comparison to that Hitler guy with his mustache.

  • @sto_karfi842
    @sto_karfi842 Před měsícem

    5:35 There was no way for Britain to give up Mosul.Bp had already great plans in motion...

  • @Da__goat
    @Da__goat Před 3 měsíci

    I’d like to modify this idea in one way, what if the Bolsheviks encounter far more resistance from Royalist forces in Russia and don’t have as many resources to spare to aid Ataturk, if any at all? How would that change the balance of power? What if royalist forces simply hold the line? What if the Armenians fully rebel in the east and the Arabs and Kurds in the South? How would that change the timeline? What if the Pontiac Greeks also rebel?

  • @Romewasbuildbygreeks
    @Romewasbuildbygreeks Před 5 měsíci +3

    This scenario will be epic I can't wait to watch it!

    • @Triple_Alliance
      @Triple_Alliance Před 4 měsíci

      What palestine state do you want for free

    • @Romewasbuildbygreeks
      @Romewasbuildbygreeks Před 4 měsíci

      @@Triple_Alliance wdym

    • @LietunantGreek
      @LietunantGreek Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@Romewasbuildbygreeks its a joke because your name is Free Palestine and it says to the joke thst you can take Palestine for free

    • @Triple_Alliance
      @Triple_Alliance Před 4 měsíci

      @@Romewasbuildbygreeks your name is “free the palestinian state” but there is no palestinian state

    • @ChatGPT_ChatbotTest
      @ChatGPT_ChatbotTest Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@Triple_AllianceThat’s why it needs to be freed lol

  • @historylover8139
    @historylover8139 Před 4 měsíci +4

    I dont understand why Britain would just give up Iraq.

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci

      I bet that the Brits would still request oil rights, like they did in Persia/Iran at the time. Britain could indirectly rule most of Iraq, but giving it to the Ottoman Empire would prevent the rise of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, as the Ottomans wouldn't lose too much land.

    • @SpanishLord100
      @SpanishLord100 Před 4 měsíci

      Cuz, if the "ottoman empire" would get Iraq, Syria and Lebanon then it wouldn't have a revolution which means no Turkish republic which also means, Greece would keep their new lands and ottoman empire would still remain.

  • @nomen1991.
    @nomen1991. Před 5 měsíci +1

    It is perfect perfect in everything. 🥺

  • @bricksinside9015
    @bricksinside9015 Před 4 měsíci

    day 2 of asking rewriting history to make a scenario where sablins coup succeeded

  • @mappingshaman5280
    @mappingshaman5280 Před 4 měsíci +2

    What if napoleon II inherited the throne of austria?

  • @emilianohermosilla3996
    @emilianohermosilla3996 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I’ve to say that the megali idea was a good concept before the exchange of Greek and Turkish people after the treaty of Lausanne, after that it would have been a moral crime to realize the concept…

    • @GF-yh9tb
      @GF-yh9tb Před 2 dny

      Obviously. Now it's too late, Greece lost its chance.

  • @LoanSharkTheFirst
    @LoanSharkTheFirst Před 4 měsíci

    4:14 enver pasha on the mountain

  • @lljkgktudjlrsmygilug
    @lljkgktudjlrsmygilug Před 4 měsíci

    Why does France have Syria in this timeline at 8:13?

  • @bricksinside9015
    @bricksinside9015 Před 4 měsíci

    day 1 of asking rewriting history to make a scenario where sablin's coup succeeded

  • @y.r._
    @y.r._ Před 4 měsíci

    How exactly would Greece acquiring more land change the outcome of the spanish and chinese civil wars?

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci

      No fascism in Italy, as I mentioned

    • @y.r._
      @y.r._ Před 4 měsíci

      @@rewriting-history Yeah, I heard that. Still, I see no connection, and you didn't really explain it. Italian support to the cause of the spanish nationalists (who weren't even really fascist) was inconsequential, they won because the leftist forces were disunited and because the actual professional military under the genius leadership of Franco (who, again, was not a fascist in the sense of germany, italy or japan and received barely any support from the latter two) took the side of the nationalists. The revolutionaries in Spain had absolutely no chance of winning. Or are you suggesting that socialist Italy would support the revolutionaries and thus enable them to win? That's would be pretty absurd, Italy wouldn't even remotely have the resources to do so, especially not after just fighting and civil war. The only scenario where I could see Spain turning socialist is if France lost the first world war, turned communist and then supported their southern neighbour with their vast resources and close proximity.

  • @Julianist
    @Julianist Před 4 měsíci +1

    Yes

  • @JAKE-em5xr
    @JAKE-em5xr Před 4 měsíci

    Can you make a scenario where american independence war failed/never happend ?

  • @georgios_5342
    @georgios_5342 Před 4 měsíci +2

    8:30 LMAO 😂

  • @FIRE-zt6vw
    @FIRE-zt6vw Před 2 měsíci

    Assistant. What assistance. Greeks had to make sure russia france and uk would be arguing between them and they wouldn't get involved in the war like the previous did. In the side of the ottomans. They only joined at 1827. 6 years after the star. And that was only cuz the ottomans were losing and asked for help from Egypt

  • @malcolmboswell9061
    @malcolmboswell9061 Před 4 měsíci

    You should do what if Austria Hungary collapsed before ww1

  • @vinkojellacic5092
    @vinkojellacic5092 Před 5 měsíci

    letz gooo man

  • @unregierbar7694
    @unregierbar7694 Před 4 měsíci

    Would be epic it wasn´t part of the EU but a Mare Nostrum Union. Italy,Spain,Exarchate of Africa,Cyrenaica & Coptic Egypt,Greater Greece,Greater Armenia,Assyria and Israel.

  • @eduardomelo151
    @eduardomelo151 Před 2 měsíci

    blessed

  • @Desmuu
    @Desmuu Před 4 měsíci +3

    What if Novgorod united Russia?

  • @JustJ_KK
    @JustJ_KK Před 4 měsíci +2

    Perfect Greece

  • @avgcae2312
    @avgcae2312 Před měsícem

    Mega ldea didint end just wait to reveal again

  • @just_hris
    @just_hris Před 4 měsíci

    1:23 Actually the population in Aegean Macedonia then was overwhelmingly Bulgarian. The same thing with most of Thrace.

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Много зависи от картата, която използваш. Всичко в Балканите има собствена версия и вече не знаем...

    • @just_hris
      @just_hris Před 4 měsíci

      @@rewriting-history Да, имаш право, но тези неща са казани от много чужди учени изследвали балканите. Поне за санстефанска България знам че е била базирана на територии населени с етнически българи, докато егейска Тракия е била доста по-разнообразна и затова не е била включена в санстефанския мирен договор, както и заради руското желание за контрол на проливите.

  • @resignedfaun2344
    @resignedfaun2344 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Let’s go

  • @freddybear2020
    @freddybear2020 Před měsícem

    As a turk,I believe this is a pingas

  • @tenshi4124
    @tenshi4124 Před měsícem

    Pontus was part of the Megali idea too why people always forget it

  • @eidoneverchoosen1171
    @eidoneverchoosen1171 Před 4 měsíci +1

    The British empire would not be happy about Greece having its old capital city back. So Greek might fall under Russia influence.

  • @00martoneniris86
    @00martoneniris86 Před 4 měsíci +1

    What if Austria Hungary was partitioned by all there neighbors in 1914

  • @zlatnialev
    @zlatnialev Před 4 měsíci +3

    Very unrealistic but nice video

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Малко наистина е нереалистично, но иначе става много скучно. Гърция пак би била нападната от Италия и Германия, нищо няма да се промени във Втората Световна Война. За това направих малко промени в Италя и Германия, че всъщност да се получи нещо интересно, иначе видеото трябваше да свърши наполовина, просто няма какво интересно да стане повече ако спазвам историческа точност.

    • @zlatnialev
      @zlatnialev Před 3 měsíci

      @@rewriting-history така е, но не спирай. Видеата ти са супер, постоянно ги гледам :))

  • @gpachinakis
    @gpachinakis Před 4 měsíci

    0:46 lol

  • @Capeworthy
    @Capeworthy Před 4 měsíci

    I feel like the Germans would still give military access to the allies, despite not being ready for war themselves.

  • @darthunleashed
    @darthunleashed Před 2 měsíci +3

    We were so close 🇬🇷 Πάλι με χρόνια με καιρούς πάλι δικιά μας θα είναι ☦️

    • @GF-yh9tb
      @GF-yh9tb Před 2 dny

      Now it's too late. You missed your chance.

  • @justjacksstuff770
    @justjacksstuff770 Před 4 měsíci +1

    nice greek video/j

  • @Iamjustabirdinthesky
    @Iamjustabirdinthesky Před 4 měsíci

    If the Russians kept word it would be.
    If the west was not obsessed by defeating the byzantine empire or east roman empire it would be like this. If the British French Italians kept word in 1920 this would be Greece today

  • @MilitaryHistoryRelived
    @MilitaryHistoryRelived Před 4 měsíci +1

    The rebirth of the byzantine empire

  • @jjgreek1
    @jjgreek1 Před 2 měsíci +1

    90% of the Megali Idea was fulfilled. greece got Thessaloniki
    , western Thrace, and all the Aegian islands.

  • @WestSide-fg8pv
    @WestSide-fg8pv Před 4 měsíci

    Its not Megali Idea but Megali Ellada! You forget the area of Pontous and noth Italia,there still speak Greek Languarge there!Magna Grecia !
    If you see any football Glubs in this area all the teams they say ... Salutate la Magna Grecia!
    easy to find on youtube!

  • @leonisavros
    @leonisavros Před 29 dny

    Do you support the idea?

  • @ElementalSamurai
    @ElementalSamurai Před 4 měsíci +1

    why was it called the megali idea?

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci

      No idea actually. No pun intended :D

    • @kianabbsi
      @kianabbsi Před 4 měsíci +1

      I think it’s called the great idea in greek
      (Not sure)

    • @paulandolgagamers1472
      @paulandolgagamers1472 Před 4 měsíci

      It's the greek way of saying big or great idea. Μεγάλη(big or great in English) ιδέα(idea in English)

    • @yazovgaming
      @yazovgaming Před 4 měsíci

      @@rewriting-history It means Big idea in Greek, for the unification of all ethnic greeks.

  • @randomguy6152
    @randomguy6152 Před 4 měsíci +1

    what if Crassus conquered persia

  • @acovidsurvivorof2020
    @acovidsurvivorof2020 Před 4 měsíci

    Priblem with m.idea is; mainlamd greeks are not decendents of byzantian Empire, but slavised greeks. The were the richest subjest of turkish Empire and most respected by eirope due to the enthusiazm in ancient greeks in europes entelugancia. And beside, the genue decendant of the byzantion Empire is the turkish Empire, cinsidering influence of greek originated officers and significant greek culture. Today Turks act speak eat behave build pray more similar to greeks than their central asian origins..

    • @Da__goat
      @Da__goat Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah this isn’t true. The Greeks were not slavisized and your own comment proves it-the Turks behave like the Greeks of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the slavic traditions descend from the same empire thanks to the Kievan Rus. Cyrillic was introduced to the Slavic regions from orthodox priests in the empire in an attempt to christianize the Rus. The Turks are not the descendants of the Eastern Roman Empire, they aren’t culturally, linguistically, religiously, or even institutionally alike in any way, no matter how hard you try to LARP it.

    • @acovidsurvivorof2020
      @acovidsurvivorof2020 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Da__goat Thanks for your reply. Opposite ideas crash and spark. Spark means light and "light is good?". (From the holly bible) Do you know invasion of bulgars and Sirbs of northen greece? Dou You have any idea how Turks sing religious sings, dance, cook and dress?

  • @hishamalaker491
    @hishamalaker491 Před 4 měsíci

    Wow so it was never implemented because Greeks didnt realize it exists? Or is the title of the video misleading?

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci

      I don't understand your comment, what do you mean? The Greeks tried to implement it IRL in the Greco-Turkish war (1919-1922), but they were defeated. This time they just don't fight this war and secure a diplomatic victory.

  • @lazarstefanov8406
    @lazarstefanov8406 Před 4 měsíci

    BOIKO MENTIONED RAHHHH

  • @randomguy6152
    @randomguy6152 Před 4 měsíci

    I think the Greeks would just want more and the. claim all of Anatolia and then claim the middle east

  • @not_averge
    @not_averge Před 2 měsíci

    Hmmm... Japan could've united China under puyi

  • @Porphyrios.History
    @Porphyrios.History Před 4 měsíci +3

    Damn I didn't know the Orthodox Turks were called Greeks. Also appreciate the appearance of the God Emperor of the Bulgars Boiko Borisov.

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  Před 4 měsíci +6

      No way bro just called the Greeks orthodox turks lmaooo.

    • @Porphyrios.History
      @Porphyrios.History Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@rewriting-history inconceivable

    • @kianabbsi
      @kianabbsi Před 4 měsíci +2

      Dude💀

    • @t30dore59
      @t30dore59 Před 4 měsíci +2

      I hope this os a joke, because studies actually show the exact opposite.

    • @Leonard97137
      @Leonard97137 Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@Porphyrios.History cry more

  • @Maltheus_
    @Maltheus_ Před 4 měsíci +1

    Bro. No Wilsonian Armenia 😢

  • @user-mt6qi4gp2b
    @user-mt6qi4gp2b Před 4 měsíci +1

    Bulgaria on three seas!!!!!!

  • @Hahatomato
    @Hahatomato Před 4 měsíci +2

    W vid

  • @FelidaeEnjoyer
    @FelidaeEnjoyer Před 4 měsíci +1

    Comment for algorithm

  • @pietervanderzwaan4295
    @pietervanderzwaan4295 Před 4 měsíci

    what if the Netherlands had an even better outcome in the 80 years war.

  • @user-mt6qi4gp2b
    @user-mt6qi4gp2b Před 4 měsíci +1

    Bulgaria on three seas!!!!!!!!!

  • @The_last_prime
    @The_last_prime Před měsícem

    Why did you call the ottoman empire ridiculous?

  • @arissp4950
    @arissp4950 Před měsícem

    Greece should have never advanced to Ankara. We had all the islands, we had Asia minor ,Cyprus and a big part of thrace. We would never have Constantinople again because the great powers wouldn't allowed it. We should be happy with what we had. The Turks wouldn't have access now to the Aegean. But different times different minds back then